Finnish Consul-General Kaarlo Kuusamo today praised the “active interest of our Jewish friends” in “this fight against an aggressor,” as he accepted a four-passenger ambulance from the Jewish War Veterans of the United States at a City Hall ceremony attended by Mayor LaGuardia and more than 300 other persons.
“On behalf of the Finnish Government, I wish to express our deepest gratitude for your wonderful cooperation in our struggle for our right to exist,” Count Kuusamo said. “This ambulance is another concrete expression of the active interest of the American people in the cause of justice.
“It is more specifically an expression of the active interest of our Jewish friends, whom we have found so ready and willing to aid in this fight against an aggressor. We have had so many concrete expressions of help from your various organizations that we have no doubt of the sincerity of their help for a just cause.
“To you, Jewish War Veterans of the United States, who have seen active service in the cause of democracy, to you let me express our most heartfelt appreciation for this wonderful expression of help.”
Another speaker at the ceremony was Edgar Burman, commander of the J.W.V. After the presentation, the ambulance, which was purchased with contributions from Jewish veterans throughout the country, was driven to a pier and loaded aboard the S.S. Carolina Thorden, which sails on Saturday.
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